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Read My GPS Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent gadget recommendations guide (2012) – covering almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day to day? I also just put together my complete 2012 ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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It turns our I’ve written a fair bit of stuff over the past few years – and after it disappears from my front page, a lot of it never really sees the light of day again without Google’ing skillz. Or a photographic memory…which I don’t have. I’ve taken a look back and found stuff that…continues to find a trickle of readers via web searches or forum links.
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I travel a fair bit, both for work and for fun. Here’s a bunch of random trip reports and daily trip-logs that I’ve put together and posted. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been.
Tanita BC-601 Segmental Body Composition Scale
This unit actually came in a while ago, and is working it’s way through the review process. There’s a bit of a pile of scales these days. This unit is a bit different in that it measures the different body segments, and contains an SD card upload method. This one will hit the review publishing about the same time as the rest…aka…after I finish recovering from the cruise.
Tanita BC-601 Segmental Body Composition Scale
This unit actually came in a while ago, and is working it’s way through the review process. There’s a bit of a pile of scales these days. This unit is a bit different in that it measures the different body segments, and contains an SD card upload method. This one will hit the review publishing about the same time as the rest…aka…after I finish recovering from the cruise.
Tanita BC-601 Segmental Body Composition Scale
This unit actually came in a while ago, and is working it’s way through the review process. There’s a bit of a pile of scales these days. This unit is a bit different in that it measures the different body segments, and contains an SD card upload method. This one will hit the review publishing about the same time as the rest…aka…after I finish recovering from the cruise.
Tanita BC-601 Segmental Body Composition Scale
This unit actually came in a while ago, and is working it’s way through the review process. There’s a bit of a pile of scales these days. This unit is a bit different in that it measures the different body segments, and contains an SD card upload method. This one will hit the review publishing about the same time as the rest…aka…after I finish recovering from the cruise.
Tanita BC-601 Segmental Body Composition Scale
This unit actually came in a while ago, and is working it’s way through the review process. There’s a bit of a pile of scales these days. This unit is a bit different in that it measures the different body segments, and contains an SD card upload method. This one will hit the review publishing about the same time as the rest…aka…after I finish recovering from the cruise.
Tanita BC-601 Segmental Body Composition Scale
This unit actually came in a while ago, and is working it’s way through the review process. There’s a bit of a pile of scales these days. This unit is a bit different in that it measures the different body segments, and contains an SD card upload method. This one will hit the review publishing about the same time as the rest…aka…after I finish recovering from the cruise.
Tanita BC-601 Segmental Body Composition Scale
This unit actually came in a while ago, and is working it’s way through the review process. There’s a bit of a pile of scales these days. This unit is a bit different in that it measures the different body segments, and contains an SD card upload method. This one will hit the review publishing about the same time as the rest…aka…after I finish recovering from the cruise.
Tanita BC-601 Segmental Body Composition Scale
This unit actually came in a while ago, and is working it’s way through the review process. There’s a bit of a pile of scales these days. This unit is a bit different in that it measures the different body segments, and contains an SD card upload method. This one will hit the review publishing about the same time as the rest…aka…after I finish recovering from the cruise.
Tanita BC-601 Segmental Body Composition Scale
This unit actually came in a while ago, and is working it’s way through the review process. There’s a bit of a pile of scales these days. This unit is a bit different in that it measures the different body segments, and contains an SD card upload method. This one will hit the review publishing about the same time as the rest…aka…after I finish recovering from the cruise.
Tanita BC-601 Segmental Body Composition Scale
This unit actually came in a while ago, and is working it’s way through the review process. There’s a bit of a pile of scales these days. This unit is a bit different in that it measures the different body segments, and contains an SD card upload method. This one will hit the review publishing about the same time as the rest…aka…after I finish recovering from the cruise.
Tanita BC-601 Segmental Body Composition Scale
This unit actually came in a while ago, and is working it’s way through the review process. There’s a bit of a pile of scales these days. This unit is a bit different in that it measures the different body segments, and contains an SD card upload method. This one will hit the review publishing about the same time as the rest…aka…after I finish recovering from the cruise.
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Why does it seem like you can either get an Ant+ scale with limited features or a scale with lots of features but no Ant+. Would it really be that hard to put Ant+ or Wifi into a scale like this? (or maybe have it work with a wifi SD card like the eye-fi or Transcend wifi sd memory card to automatically upload to a tracking web site)
Is there any progress in this review? I am really looking forward to hear your in depth analysis on this unit!!
hi
i want to know alsoo the revire of it please
do you have it?
thanks
yossi
Yeah… hmm is this review going to be ready anytime soon?
Sigh..
I was futzing with it yesterday. It’s just a scale that seems so far behind. No connectivity in it. No Bluetooth Smart, Bluetooth, WiFi, ANT+, nothing. I have to sneak-net it back and forth to their desktop software which isn’t stellar. Just clunky.
I generally lose motivation with things that aren’t competitive in the market.
That said, I have been piecing together all the scale reviews lately. Eventually plan is a ‘scale week’ or something.